November 25, 2016: PWHS student Niloufar Saffari graduated from UBC today after successfully defending her MSc thesis in August. Her work aimed to identify and understand differences in the experiences of immigrant- and Canadian-born workers with the BC workers’ compensation system. Her novel study marked the first linkage of injury claim data from WorkSafeBC with data from Citizenship and Immigration Canada.
Results indicate that both recent and established immigrants have longer disability durations after injury than Canadian-born workers, especially younger immigrant workers and recent immigrant men. These findings will help guide improvements in disability management policies and return-to-work programs.
Congratulations Niloufar!
